PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 59432.

26 Ill. App.3d 518 (1975)

325 N.E.2d 715

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HENRY WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

February 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Thomas F. Finegan and George L. Lincoln, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Marcia B. Orr, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Henry Willis, was charged with murder. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County he was found guilty of that crime and sentenced to not less than 25 nor more than 50 years. The following points have been considered on appeal: Whether the trial court erred in not suppressing at trial two of defendant's confessions as being factually involuntary and as having...

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